Nokia has announced yet another variation of its 8800 slider phone, the Gold Arte. This new entrant to Nokia’s Arte series of luxury phones comes decorated with 18-carat gold and white leather.

The tri-band GSM handset features a 2-inch OLED display with 240 x 320 pixels, 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, 4GB of internal storage, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR support, and USB 2.0 connectivity.

Neither pricing nor release information has been released, but if Nokia’s last special edition 8800, the $1,649 Carbon Arte is any indication, it will be high.

Goldstriker’s Staurt & Katherine Hughes have now started to work on new exclusive items

One of the exclusive handsets is a Nokia “Princess Edition” (picture above) totalling a massive 8.2 ct VVS colour F diamonds on the front & rear, price will be £12,000 ($18,000).

They will also be adding 65 grams of solid Platinum to replace the leather, and it will be held in by handmade Platinum screws this handset is set to be launched in Colette store in Paris. Also under construction now is the full 18ct solid gold iphone 3G.

Nokia concept phones come and go all the time and the new phone doesn’t have a name yet, but it surely has a distinctive design.

Mobile phones are getting so thin, they are almost ignoring every rule of handheld ergonomics. the The Finnish designer Heikki Juvonen has therefore decided to backtrack and redesign a futuristic mobile complete with all modern accoutrements but with realistic ergonomics in mind.

Placing the heavy components on the bottom part of the phone, and leaving the top part of the phone very light with only a thin display ensures good usability. The unique profile shape also helps it sit better in the hand providing multiple surface areas to grip…

There are no features listed for this Nokia, but its creator says it should come with a fingerprint scanner, in order to “allow actions for each fingertip”.

You can view more of Heikki Juvonen’s designs on his website, at this PDF link.

Nokia just announced a new addition to the Arte series, the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte.

Until now, there was the original variant in black metal and the Sapphire Arte with a gem in the D-pad and genuine leather on the front and back.

The Carbon Arte, as its name implies, has panels of carbon fiber in its front and rear faces, along with titanium, stainless steel, and polished glass.

Internally, the new Carbon Arte is identical to the previous two models, and the only improvement is that the integrated memory is now 4GB instead of 1GB.

The new model will be available before the end of the quarter at a price of about EUR1100 ($1600). It remains a Europe-bound tri-band GSM, which means it won’t be fully usable in the States.

Vertu is the British-based company (Nokia’s luxury division) that produces luxury mobile phones. they are celebrating their 10th birthday and are launching another luxurious series for the event, which is the Constellation Rococo Collection.

The stylish devices are claimed to be inspired by the eighteenth century French art, fashion and interior design movement by the same name. In other words, it’s some kind of new design to attract new customers.

The series of cellphones come with some flower pattern designs, which are obviously targeting those folks who love flower pattern.

Whilst last week we featured here the Diamond encrusted Nokia N95 and the Gold & Diamond 3G iPhone Versions, today here is another great update to the unending list.

Swiss luxury designer and jeweler Knalihs Athem creates exclusive limited edition diamond encrusted mobile phones of world renowned brands like Nokia, Apple, Samsung, Sony and others.. Athem has recently created a diamond encrusted Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte phone which is a perfect example of redifining luxury !

This exclusive limited edition phone is encrusted with more that 1000 finest quality brilliant cut diamonds that weigh 6.75 carats in total.

Only 20 such handsets will be created worldwide. Each handset is accompanied by appropriate and official diamond grading report from a gemological lab.

Apart from sparkling diamonds the Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte phone features a 3.2 Megapixel auto focus camera, 1GB built-in memory, Digital music player, FM radio etc.

All the phones are made to order basis as Knalihs Athem works on limited editions. The Diamond encrusted Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte by Knalihs Athem has a starting price of US $20,000 knowing that the handset can also be personalized with name, initials, lucky number, logo and almost about anything of your choice.